THE CONGRESS: Order of the Senate

In 1860 the U. S. Senate sentenced one Thaddeus Hyatt to 90 days in the
District of Columbia jail for refusing to testify in a Senate
investigation of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Again for the
first time in 74 years, the Senate last week meted out its own
punishment to recalcitrant witnesses.*

Behind closed doors, the Senate
had deliberated for six hours on contempt proceedings against William
MacCracken Jr., Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin, Harris M. Hanshue, Gilbert L.
Givvin. All were charged with removing or permitting to be removed from
Air...